Clinton News-Record, 1957-02-28, Page 1New Officers In the Trappers Association
Seen at the' annual meeting of the Huron County Trappers Association here on Monday evening,
are ,(left to right) Harold Cantelon, Wild •Life Management Officer, -Department of Lands andt,
Forests, Hespeler; Clifford' Haegey, Walton, first vice-president; Con. J, Ducharme, Maple, the
assistant to J. L, Grew, supervisor of trap line management for Ontario; Elmer Hood, RiR 3, Walton,
second vice-president and Ebner Trick, Rl. 3, Clinton, president IA The re,-organized Association.
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Chamber Re-elects R. B.' Campbell President
First meeting of the Clinton District Chamber of Commerce was held in the council chambers
!last week, when it. B. •"Beb", Campbell' was named president bf the group for the second year,.
From left to right are Willard Aiken, Gorden Herman, Mr. 'Campbell, Herbert Bridle, vice-president,
Wilbur Martin, chairman of the Wall merchants 00/nreitteer Norman Fry and Reuben Ht•ubaeher,
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t«. „Comedy With Old Country Ilmnour
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Bert Lobb Retokned As President
Officers of the H• uron County Hog Producers Association
'etre elected at the annual meeting held in the Legion Memorial
Hall here last Friday evening, W. R. ",Bert" Lobb (left) RR 2, •
'Clinton, was returned as president for another year. Others are
left to right, Ross Love, first vice-president, RR 2, Hensall, Alfred
Warner, secretary-treasurer, Bayfield and Albert Bacon second
vice-president, Belgrave.
Clinton Scouting Groups
Hold Baden-Powell Night
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IT WAS A CONVENTION RA,TI-I-
er heavily. flavoured by Huron
County publishers . . . Attending
were Mr. and Mrs. Robert South-
. catt, Exeter 11mes-Advdcate .
who took home with them a load
of trophies and certificates of
merit in many different fields,
which their excellent weekly has
earned then,. Andrew -Y. Mc-
Lean, of the. Huron Expositor, Sea-
forth, former Liberal Member for
Huron • Comity in the Federal
House was in attendance . . . Mr.
and Mrs.; Barrie Wenger, of the ▪ Wingliam,,,,,Advance-Timea were,
there . , Barrie was this ,yeat,
s.„ named first Ace-president of the
Ontario Weekly Newspapers As-
sociation .. .--Mr. and Mrs. George
Ellis, Goderich, Signal Star, whose
Auburn correspondent, Mrs. W.
Bradnock, won an honourable
mention- in the rural correspond
ent's competition . . . * *
WE ARE HAVING THE rasa.-
'frict pleasure ,next Sunday morn-
ing of being heard over- the air
- from CifILO St. Thomas, at 9.50
a:m. . , . for about three minutes
. . and on invitation of the.
Station will be able to extol some
of the virtues of, Clinton '; ,•and
the current happenings in. Our
town . . This is part of a series
fbeing experimented with by CHLO,
during which editors of weekly
papers are being invited to talk
about the headlines . . and inter-
esting stories which appear in
'their papers .
WE HAVE RECEIVED WORD
from Mrs.' D. W. Collier, Box
1,009, MPO 503, Grand Centre,
Alta., of the passing of her uncle,
- George Victor Goodwin, in Wey-
burn, •Sask. . . . Thanks, Mrs,
Collier for- your kind letter . .
It is pleasant. to hear that Mr.
Goodwin has been receiving word
of the home tdwn, through, your
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"Alone we are insignificant, to-
gether what can't we do?" were
the wards of Jim Jacklin, to the
'annual meeting of the Huron
County Hog Producers on Fridiy
afternoon.
The meeting, 'attended by over
• 200 enthusiastic producers met in
the Legion Hall, here, reviewed
their year financially and elected
a new slate of &Teets and dele-
gates far 1957.
Jim Jaeltlin, 'fieldrrian for the
Ontario Federation of Agriculture,
spoke on the "place of farm or-
ganizations" stating that they
were a vital and a living part of
our society today. He explained
that the Hog Producers were
working under the Farm Produc-
ers Marketing Act, a "piece Of
legislation" that he likened to a
The Week's Weather
- 1957 1956
High Low High Low
Feb. 21 .31. 4 26 12
39 21 '20 11
23 35 20 25 5
24. 36 22 35 -4
25 48 34 40 19
26 46 433 27 13
2/ 35 11 27 4
Rain: .60 ins. Rain; „I.& MS,
Snow: 5 ins,
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THE NEWS-RECORP--76th YEAR
No, 9--The Home Paper With the Hews CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, .FORUARY VI, 1,57
7 Cents a Copy .$44(): ,ct Year
Finance Minister'
Here Tomorrow
The Hon- Walter _Harris, Minis-
ter of Finance, wi k.le in Clinton,
to Speak at the Liberal .Nomina-
ting Convention for the Huron
riding, The meeting is scheduled
to get under way at 8,15 o'clock,
Tomorrow evening, Friday, March
1, in the Legion Memorial Ball,
Kirk Street.
0$*. D. 04.
A atfl4P TO WIZ errY; xs, VERY
good for 'anyone . the main.
thing it .accomplishes for us is • a
strong persuasion. that the --best.
!Piece to .be . ve is-in Mai
community „ and.n lid not .in the big
city . This, feeling was pushed
strongly home last Week, when we
visited Toronto and the provincial
weekly newspapers. convention
there . , . to enjoy the fellowship.
of fellow-newspaper folk and in-
cidentaliy
•
to pick up an award for
second best front page among. On-
tario weeklies . *
TORONTO ,IN THE StINLIVIER IS
not too bad a -spot , .But in .
winter „ , where snow is sluff
and slush quickly turns into mud
the place is not very desirable
' at all „ , However, wie managed
a little window shopping „ , and
the excellent meals which friends,
of the weekliesaprovided . 7 and
, particularly the chalibe to talk
shop with other people in the
same business as we are- , *
WE WERE EA.TING DINNER
last Friday at noon at a table
which included two very fine
newspaper people who publish the
Uxbridge Times Journal . . Mrs.'
Hvidsten is Canadian born, and
the editor of the paper . . . her
husband Peter, iS of Norway, and
his ;people,have been connected
with a newspaper there for many
years . . With us was a young
lady from Poland, who arrived in
Canada some. time after the war
after spending some time in Vg-
land . -. she now is a student at
the Ryerson School` of Printing and
Journalism, and with some other
girls in the same job were guests
of the convention . . Also, there
was Marjorie McArthur, the star
rural newspaper correspondent for
tiro Riclgetown Dominion .. , and
Mr. and Mrs. Donald 11/1cQuaig
from the Renfrew Advance, in
Eastern Ontario, who publish a
very fine ,paper, with particular
attention to pictorial reporting
We met with people from all over
Ontario . . . and remarkably found
that most of our problems which
seem so huge at home . . . are
matched or surpassed by people
Working in other centres ,•‘. It's
rather cdmforting . .
rappers Re-9rganize With
Elmer Trick As President
THE NEW ERA. 92rui, YEAR
The pop* concert in the Lions
Arena here on Saturday afternoon,
promises to be most interesting
for eVeryone. InCluded in the pro-
gram is one and a half hours of
public skating, during which time
Dennis Silverthorne, -instructor,
will be available to assist any
skaters who wish--to learn abdut
some of- the fancy skating, such
as waltzes.
The Clinton Figure Skating Club
is a non-profit organization, which
plans only to" raise sufficient mon-
ey to keep operating. Right now
the Club needs some financial help.
A good attendance at this concert
will mean a great deal to the spon-
sors and to- the students them-
selves. Trophies for the best boy and
girl skaters have been presented
for the occasion by Mrs. Duff
Thonipson, •president of the Club,
In addition to these, progress priz-
es will be given to deserving fig-
ure skating students.
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JIM Cooper, a part-time Clinton
resident and pioneer- itransmitter
operator for CFRB radio station,
Toronto, was guest speaker, at
Clinton Lions Club regular `meet
ing Tuesday evening. Mr. Cooper,
who was one of six long-term em-
ployees recently honoured by the
station; showed the LiollS bis
much prized gift, a five-ounce bar
of 99.9 percent pure gold, worth
approximately $200..
, The speaker reviewed the grow-
th of radio broadcasting from
more than 40 years ago up to the
present time. He said radio is
still prospering despite the cooling
of television. He explained the
gold style transmitters used in the
'pioneering of 'radio and sound
transmitting. At the end of World,-
War I, companies which had been
supplying radio equipment to the
armed services, began, making
transmitting and receiving sets for
domestic use. This is when radio
Highlight of the Huron County
Trappers Association amnia' I tbere
on Monday nightsWas a display of
pelts, dressed and tagged properly,
put on display by Con. J. Duch-
arme• oethe Department of Lands
and Forests. Mr. Ducharme dis-
cussed the variety of furs which
included ,mink, marten, otter, fox,
bobcat; beaver and wildcat, and
showed the trappers hoW they
should best be prepared for —the
market,
Mr. Duchatrne told his hearers
that in Ontario last year fur trap-
pers earned four million dollars
for their'furs, but that; they could
have earned five millions, if the
furs- had been properly prepared
for the markets. Mr. Ducharme
is assistant to J.• L. Grew, Maple,
'the superVisor of trapline manage-
ment,-for Ontario. •
Assuring the members that the
Department was 100 percent • be-
hind them in their association and
in improving trapping, Mr. Duch-
arme and Harold Cantelon, the
Wild LifeManageinent Officer for
the Lake Huron district, congrat-
ulated the group •for 'their ability
to stick together and work togeth-
er, They said that often the Hu-
ron group had been held up" as a
model and example for other trap-
pers interested in organizing -in
their own area. '-
Monday night the group adopted
a lengthy constitution prepared for
them by a local office,- and they
intend having a number of copies
prepared so that all members may
have doe. , •
Termed a re-organizational
meeting as Well "as an annual
Meeting, the group selected almost
an entirely new slate of officers
for 1957. New president is Elmer
Trick, RR 3, Clinton, who succeeds
Leslie Dolmage in this office. Sup-
porting him are Clifford Haegey,,
Walton, as first vice-president and
Elmer Hood, RB. 3, Monkton, sec-
ond vice-president. Bill Craig,
teacher of shop work in Clinton
District. Collegiate Institute, will
be secretary-treasurer of -the As-
sociation:. ;,
passing along the News-Itedord to
him . , . Resident Clintonians are
interested to learn. of " continued
interest on the part-Of thosefwho
have left• for other -parts of Can-
ada : • and the rest of the world.
machine Which farmers must use
to market their crops.
,Mr. JaCklin pointed, out` the•
fanner used various machines'-to
sow and harvest his crops but
these would be. of little use if he
"couldri!t market the things that he
had produced. "That in where the
Farm Producers Marketing Act
conies in. I is the /machine
through which the crop reached
the Consumer',"
During the past year, the sneak-
ed added, the Farm, Prbducers
Marketing Act has been taken to
the repair shop for such acts (the
Supreme Court of Canada) and
has been repaired, where It was
found necessary arid is haw me-
chanically perfect.
He Said that 32, farm crops have
been marketed through the mar-
keting scheme and- figures prove
that they' have, brought the most
revenue to the producers in almost
every case.
Mr. Jacklin 'told his audience
that to have a good organization
they must have faith In it, be-
cause alone we are insignificant
but together, what cant' we do?
"To gain what is ours in the field
of Marketing and, be suceessful in
the years to come we must work
together.''
.Albert *Bacon, first Wee.presi-
dent, was hi charge. of the nidet-
:Five niembers of the executive
are Bert Gray, principal of Clinton
Public School; Leonard Ward;
Dean Aldwinekle, Varna; Carl
Stire, Exeter; Austin Harris,
Roy. Bellinger, game warden,
Clinton, acted as secretary for the
meeting and Harold Cantelon,
Hespeler, conducted the- election
of officers- The AsSociation starts'
off this year' with a balance 'of
$149. '
With regard to a deer hunting
season, Mr. Cantelon indicated his
feeling, that it was necessary hi
order to keep the deer ,population
trimmed down to a safe number.
In Huron District alone last year
there were 140 deer killed by
methods other than in legal hunt-
ing. 106 of these, he said, were
killed by cars, and, in these mis-
haps, ,two people had:been killed,
as well as considerable damage-to
cars.
In a settled area, went on Mr.
Cantelon, some county councillors
are not in favour of .an open sea-
son; ::but. the damage. to fariner
crops, and property is becorning
menace in some places.
'All game needs• the wetlands,"
said Mr. Cantelon, •"We must pre-
serve them if we are to preserve
our game." He suggested inviting
memberships from South Bruce
and Peftb Counties where there is
no trappers association active.
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HOSPITAL AUXILIARY
to MEET 'MONDAY
The, Clinton Hospital Auxiliary
will Meet on Monday, March 4/ at
three o'clock in: the nurses' resi-
dence. 4«„cordial welcome is ex-
tended to all:who are interested in
the work of,,the hospital.
Open House At
Public School,
Next Wednesday
Next • Wednesday , afternoon, the
Clinton Public School' will hold
open house, 'as part of Education
Week •being observed ttiroughout
the province. From 2.30 to 4 p.m.
parents and all those, interested
are invited to 'Visit the school. ,
On display Will be work of the
pupils, and their workbooks. Par-
ents will,:bave a' chance to meet
the teachers and discuss matters
pertaining to the progress and
welfare of the Pupils. Principal
Bert Gray notes that the '•slogan
for the 'week is "Education is
Everybody's Business,"
Countytl--Seed Fair .,
in ,CDCY kym:
The ,Terith annual. Huron County
Seed. Fairja being held in the
ntim;11"Miki't ,Coiregfile Insti-
tute,tornorraw:and Saturday.
ready more than\ t30 exhibitors
:have made theirsartries, with over
80 exhibits, so far.
As well as the grains, seeds,
etc., there will be five displays
from the agricultural' departments,
of the secondary schools in the
county based on, grassland pro-
jects. Prof. Norman Thomas,
OAC, Guelph, will base his address
on Saturdry afternoon, on grass-
land progress, and it will be illus-
trated with pictures,
The public is invited to visit the
Fair. There is no admission char-
ge.
All Clinton Scouting% groups
took part in the 100th annivers-
ary of the birth of Lord Baden-
Powell, founder of the Scouting
began in a big way: KDKA was
the first radio station in the
USA; ONCE in Toronto was Can-
ada's first, which was soon bought
out and operated by the Toronto
Star •
When advertising came into
radii), the stations were built
doWnfoWn in' cities and the' sound
relayed by telephone to transiiiit,
ters out in the country. When
national advertisers began using
radio they demanded more Cover-
age, and this is when radio net-
works were formed.
Mr. Cooper was an, instructor
at RCAF Station for some time
during World War II. Previous
to that he served with the Air
Force in England. and Northern
Ireland, installing radar . equip-
ment. Previous to joining CE1RB
in 1930 he had many lobs all in
wireless and radio work, in North-
ern Ontario, and on the coast.
ROYee: Macaulay introduced Mr.
Cooper and' he was thanked by
Laurie Colquhoun.
Other guests at the dinner were
Gorden Harrison, pianist; Robbie
Robinson, Hamilton, and S/L.Tom
Newton, a former Clinton Lion
now on temporary duty at RCAF
Station Clinton after a tour of
duty overseas.
Presentation
Gerry Montgomery, who is leav-
ing the agricultural representative
service at the end of the month
was presented with an engraved
silverware .gift by Lorne Brown,
on behalf of Clinton Liens Club.
Gerry has been a member since
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Alvin S. McBride, reeve of Stan-
ley Township from 1952 to 1954,
was fatally injured, in a two car
collision on Highway 4, just two
miles north of Exeter on Tuesday
evening. He was proceeding into
Exeter, when his car was in col-
lision with tone driven by Glen
Nixon, li'4, Seaforth, who was
travelling; north. '
Mr, McBride was taken to South
Huron Hospital,. Exeter, where he
died shortly after being admitted.
A passenger in the McBride ear,
Alvin Nicholson, 70, from Aneroid,
Sask., is in South Huron Hosiptal
with facial and leg lacerations and
possible chest injuries.
Dr, R. W, Read, Exeter, atten-
ded the injured and Coroner Dr.
J. C. Goddard, HenSall, was tailed.
Total damage to the cars, waS es-
timated at $1,200 by Provincial
Constable Cecil Gibbons, BXeter,
torn on the Goshen Line near
Znrich, Mr, McBride had lived• and
farmed near Rippen until moving
to Exeter a short time age, At
the time of his 'death he was Sen-
ior Warden of Huron LOdge,
and No. 224, BensatI; a mem-
ber of HenSall Legion add a mem-
ber of the Exeter Chapter, Order
of thgasterivStar,
, While living hi Stanley Town-
ship,. he and his farnily Were mem-
bers of BrUlefield United Crutch,
where Me. McBride seared At tin.
Movement, in, a program in Clin-
ton Public School, last Friday eve
ening„ • The gymnasium was filled
to capacity with Scouts, Cubs,
Guides, Brownie's and interested
spectators.
,At the end of the two-hour pro-
gram, the youngest Brownie, Lin-
da Moodie and youngest Cub, El-
win Kingswell had the honour of
blowing out the candles on the an-
niversary cake. Seoutinaster Per-
cy Brown was master of ceremon-
ies for the evening.
Highlights of the evening were
two plays put -on by the Brownies-
"The Elves and the Shoemaker"
was directed •by leaders Mrs. Lloyd
Carter "and Mrs. George Wonch.
Taking part were: Nancy Olde, as
the shoemaker;,Sharon.Rozell, as
his.. wife; and elveS,, Glenda Mem
Carol Ann Thompson and Mary
Lou Denomme.
The second Brownie play 7r'
in Hood" was directed by leader
Mrs. Percy Brown. Costumes
were made by ,Mrs. Kenneth Mc-
Lean. The cast included: Margar.
et Jean Addison, as Robin Hood;
Sharon Brown, as Little John;
Dianne Garon, as John O'Dell;
Susati Bartliff, as Friar Tuck;
Patricia Reynolds, as Simon;
Sherry Brophy, as Maid Marion;
and Wendy Leyburne, as Maid
Roseline.
The,. Cubs and. Guides sang for
their part of the program. Scout
Jimmy MacDonald played two
piano solos. Scoutmaster Ken
Cervantes showed two interesting
films, one, on birds and the other
of the RCMP musical ride,
To start the a flag.
raising ceremony was carried out.
And after the program, each' group
,repeated their Scouting Pledge,
and the lowering of the flag end-
ed the evening.
In charge of the groups were,:
Scoutmasters, Ken Cervantes and
Percy Brown; Cubmasters, Tom.
Darling; Guide Captain, Mrs,- Ken
McRae; Brownies, Mrs. Lloyd Car-
ter, Mrs, Percy Brown, Mrs, Geor-
ge Wonch and Mrs. Ken 1VibLeart,
elder until his move to Exeter.
Surviving besides his wife, and
his mother, Mrs, Robert McBride,
Kippen, are one son, ,tewart and
one daughter, Donna, both Of Tor-
onto; six brothers, Wilbert, Kitch-
ener; Leonard, Windsor; Lorne
and Ed., Kippen; Walter and El-
trier, Exeter; two sisters, Mrs.
StuartBeattie, Wingham and
Mrs. Edward Schnell, Camrose,
Sask.
Resting at the Bonthron funeral
chapel, Hensall,-where public fun-
eral service will be held• on Friday
afternoon, at two o'clock, by the
Rev, H. J. Snell, 'Exeter. Inter-
Merit will be in Baird's Cemetery.
S!ilabus 'For Huron
County Musk Festival.
Available Here
The Huron County Music Fesp.
iS scheduled to Commence On
May 2 this yolt, and the closing
date for entry iii the annual event
is March 30. A liiiiited number of
copies of the syllabus are avail.
able, Anyone wishing' one of these
May receive one by calling at the
office of the, Clinton NewS-Reccird,
or direst from. the secretary, Miss
Margaret Evans, 7'? N'apler Street,
Goderldi,
"The Old Lady Shows Her Medals," the delightful comedy play being performed by students
of the rural community night school, on Friday night, March 1, in St. Paul's Parish Hall; opens in
a rollicking mood, as four char ladies in old London, England, sit about over their tea, and stirring
it with their knitting needles. :From left to right are Mrs, William Craig, Mrs. May Rance Mackin,-
non (the Old Lady), Mrs. Gordon Cuninghame and Mrs. Norman Trewartha. ;Other members of
the cast are Carl Diehl playing the part of the rector, and the Rev. C, S. Inder, who, akes the part
of a soldier alb the Black Watch, Fifth Battalion and cuts a dashing fignre in the authentic Kilt,
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Pop Concert For
Figure Skaters
On Saturday
Strength In Numbers Shown
By eroclucers Sales Program
CFRB Transmitter Operator
Speaks To Clinton Lions
Ex-Reeve McBride Killed
Tuesday In Two-Car Crash